Abaribe calls for amendment of Electoral Act

The lawmaker representing Abia South Senatorial District, Enyinnaya Abaribe, on Sunday called for an amendment to the Electoral Act. Former President Muhammadu Buhari signed the reworked Electoral Amendment bill into law on February 25, 2022. But speaking during an interview…

LP senatorial candidate for Abia South rejects result declaring Abaribe as winner

Mr Chinedu Onyeizu, Labour Party’s (LP) senatorial candidate for Abia South district, has rejected result declaring Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe (PDP) as the winner of the Feb. 25 election. Onyeizu told newsmen in Aba, Abia on Wednesday that INEC made a…

Abdullahi, Abaribe resign as Senate Majority, Minority leaders

Senators Yahaya Abdullahi and Enyinnaya Abaribe have formally resigned as Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate respectively. Senate President Ahmad Lawan read their respective resignation letters at the resumption of plenary. The two principal officers resigned following their defection…

*Gospel artiste Osinachi Nwachukwu dies (Independent)*Human trafficking: LASG, NAPTIP set to train 12 survivors on skills acquisition (Vanguard)

Gospel artiste Osinachi Nwachukwu dies (Independent) Popular Gospel artiste, Osinachi Nwachukwu is dead. PM News reports that she died on Friday after a protracted illness. The cause of death was said to be throat cancer. Osinachi, who sang in Igbo,…

Presidency lambasts Abaribe over call on Buhari to resign

The Presidency has condemned the call by the Senate minority leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, on President Muhammadu Buhari, to resign due to what he described as the inability of the federal government to address security challenges in the country. Abaribe also…

We didn’t fail Onnoghen, NBA replies Abaribe (Punch)

The Nigerian Bar Association said the assertion that it did not speak up when President Muhammadu Buhari suspended a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, was not true. The NBA President, Mr Paul Usoro (SAN), said this on…

Attack on Ekweremadu, a sacrilege, reprehensible —Abaribe (Punch)

The Minority Leader of the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has described as reprehensible and utterly sacrilegious,  the attack on former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu by some persons in Nuremberg, Germany, on Saturday. Abaribe, in a statement on Sunday,  condemned the…

FG moves to jail power thieves for 7 years (Vanguard)

The Federal Government has begun moves to ensure that anyone who engages in electricity theft across the country was jailed for a period of seven years. Consequently, the government is proposing a bill that seeks for an Act to prohibit…

What Suswam told me in DSS custody—Abaribe (Vanguard)

Enyinnaya Abaribe, senator representing Abia south, yesterday said he met Gabriel Suswam, former governor of Benue state, while in custody of the  Department of State Services, DSS. Abaribe said this on the floor of the Senate while explaining his recent…

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